Critical Power Now power monitoring and control systems give you the information needed to save money on utilities and other hidden costs of operating your facility. In fact, a study by the Energy Cost Savings Council revealed meters and monitors have an average payback period of less than six months and an average payback of 200%.

You can determine your potential savings by using the Critical Power Now Payback Calculator below. Simply input your information into each of the three tabs below to see how much you can save with a PowerLogic system through reduced utility costs, increased equipment utilization and improved system reliability.

Determining the Actual Cost Per Part by Knowing Exact Energy Costs Per Part

Current Average Monthly Utility Bill ($/Month)

Percent of Utility Bill you believe a power monitoring system could save you (%)

Savings Due To Cost Allocation &/or Cost/Part Procedures ($/Year)

Increase Electrical Distribution Assets

By determining and increasing the loading of your electrical distribution system,
you can significantly reduce the amount of electrical distribution equipment purchased per year.

Amount of Electrical Distribution Equipment Purchased ($/Year)

Current Average Loading (%)

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Projected Loading After Increase (%)

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Percent of Equipment That Does Not Need to Be Purchased

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Savings in Electrical Distribution Purchases ($/Year)

Reduce Documentation & Planning Costs

Engineering functions associated with the documentation of the circuit loading of the electrical distribution
system can be performed by PowerLogic (time-trend plots). Also, the planning and reorganization of electrical
circuits can be reduced due to access to historical circuit loading data through the Circuit Monitor.

Engineering Time Now Spent on Power System Documentation (Hours/Month)

Estimated Engineering Time Spent After PowerLogic is Installed on Power System Documentation (Hours/Month)

Engineering Time Now Spent on Circuit Planning (Hours/Month)

Estimated Engineering Time Spent After a Power Monitoring System is Installed on Circuit Planning (Hours/Month)

Hours Per Month Saved by Installing a Power Monitoring System (Hours/Year)

Savings Due to Reduced Documentation and Planning Costs ($/Year)

Reduce Downtime

Typically, 60% to 70% of downtime is spent identifying and finding the problem.
The remainding 30% to 40% is spent actually fixing the problem. PowerLogic can reduce
the time it takes to find and identify the problem to near zero. An alarm at your personal
will tell you the instant a breaker trips, which breaker has tripped, and what caused the trip.

Number of Major Outages Such as a Breaker Trip or Fuse Burnout (Outages/Year)

Downtime Hours Saved Per Year Finding And Identifying Outages (60% x Total Hours/Year)

Average Cost of Downtime ($/Hour)

Downtime Savings Including Maintenance Labor Hours ($/Year)

Eliminate the Cost of Equipment & Labor of Portable Recording Devices

PowerLogic has many of the same capabilities of portable devices like waveform capture. event capture,
and historical data logging. Thus, if PowerLogic is used instead of these devices, there will be some significant savings.

Number of Times Per Year Each One of These Devices Are Used (Uses/Year)

Average Time to Hook-Up & Record Data from Portable Devices (Labor Hours)

Average Time to Evaluate Data from Portable Devices (Engineering Hours)

Total Engineering and Labor Savings From Not Using Portable Devices ($/Year)

Reduce Maintenance Inspection Costs

PowerLogic can reduce the time maintence spends inspecting equipment. Instead of inspecting electrical
distribution equipment once every two weeks, maintenance can instead inspect the breakers once every
50 trips, for example. The Circuit Monitor will log the trips. In fact, much of the information acquired during an
inspection is available at your personal computer via the historical data logging. Thus, the time spent inspecting
breakers will likely be reduced.

Number of Times Per Year Maintence Inspects Equipment (Quantity/Year)

Estimated Number of Times Per Year Maintenance Would Inspect Equipment if Based on Trips (Quantity/Year)

Number of Inspections Saved Per Year by Monitoring Trips (Quantity/Year)

Average Time to Inspect Equipment (Labor Hours)

Saving Due to Reducing Maintenance Costs ($/Year)

Payback Summary

Savings From Eliminating Costs of Manually Reading Meters ($/Year)

Savings Due To Cost Allocation &/or Cost/Part Procedures ($/Year)

Savings in Electrical Distribution Purchases ($/Year)

Hours Per Month Saved by Installing a Power Monitoring System (Hours/Year)

Savings Due to Reduced Documentation and Planning Costs ($/Year)

Downtime Hours Saved Per Year Finding And Identifying Outages (60% x Total Hours/Year)

Downtime Savings Including Maintenance Labor Hours ($/Year)

Total Engineering and Labor Savings From Not Using Portable Devices ($/Year)